Secularism and religion-making

This book conceives of "religion-making" broadly as the multiple ways in which social and cultural phenomena are configured and reconfigured within the matrix of a world-religion discourse that is historically and semantically rooted in particular Western and predominantly Christian experi...

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Otros Autores: Dreßler, Markus (Otro) ; Mandair, Arvind-Pal ca. 20./21. Jh. (Otro)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2011
En:Año: 2011
Colección / Revista:AAR reflection and theory in the study of religion series
AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Ser
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Religión / Secularismo / Islam / Budismo
B Religión / Secularismo
Otras palabras clave:B Religion and sociology
B Religión Agnosticism
B Colección de artículos
B Electronic books
B Contribución
B Secularism
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Parallel Edition:No electrónico
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Sumario:This book conceives of "religion-making" broadly as the multiple ways in which social and cultural phenomena are configured and reconfigured within the matrix of a world-religion discourse that is historically and semantically rooted in particular Western and predominantly Christian experiences, knowledges, and institutions. It investigates how religion is universalized and certain ideas, social formations, and practices rendered "religious" are thus integrated in and subordinated to very particular - mostly liberal-secular - assumptions about the relationship between histo
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199783020